Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yao’s grilled meat amazed chef Gao Tang, while Qingque and the other diners reacted to its effects. After Himeko asked for food, Jiang Yao set out to cook with newly delivered ingredients and travel to the Astral Express, accompanied by Tingyun, who secretly planned to capture him.

• Gao Tang tasted Jiang Yao’s grilled Shataan Bird, declared himself defeated, and tried to become Jiang Yao’s apprentice, but the Cloud Knights sent him along.
• Jiang Yao found that his many diners’ positive feedback yielded little experience, and Himeko called to ask him to deliver food because she could not come over.
• Himeko explained that Asta had arranged rapid delivery of new ingredients with help from Diamond, who shielded the shipment and launched it toward the Xianzhou Luofu.
• Jiang Yao decided to cook with the new ingredients and bring food to Himeko, while March 7th and Stelle reacted eagerly to the prospect of more dishes.
• Jing Yuan asked Tingyun to accompany Jiang Yao for his protection, and the disguised Phantylia volunteered while secretly plotting to turn him into a Voidranger.

Jiang Yao collected Asta’s freshly delivered exotic ingredients and rewarded the staff who transported them, while Jingliu arrived at Cloudford and rescued the ingredients after Phantylia sent them hurtling through the air. Jingliu grew curious about Jiang Yao, who dismissed the incident as a child’s prank and hinted at his anger toward Phantylia.

• Jiang Yao and Phantylia hurried toward their respective urgent business as Jingliu arrived at Cloudford and saw the Luofu in chaos.
• Jingliu safely brought down the Blazing Tree, Prickly Rose Mushroom, and Bell-Ringing Turtle after they flew toward the ground, and Jiang Yao thanked her for saving his ingredients.
• Jiang Yao recalled meeting Himeko aboard the Astral Express, delivering her food, and checking the ingredients Asta had shipped with her security staff.
• Jiang Yao gave the staff a Light Cone for Asta and promised each of them a million Credits, then asked them to wait for him to finish God Jumps Over the Wall.
• Jingliu asked Jiang Yao what had happened, and he called it a child’s prank while concealing his chilling anger toward Phantylia.

Jiang Yao admired the Blazing Tree, Prickly Rose Mushroom, and Bell-Ringing Turtle ingredients, then endured Himeko’s bitter coffee before heading to the Luofu. He arrived just as Phantylia attacked the researchers carrying his ingredients, and his fury overwhelmed her.

• Jiang Yao praised the Blazing Tree, Prickly Rose Mushroom, and Bell-Ringing Turtle and imagined using them to perfect his God Jumps over the Wall.
• Himeko served Jiang Yao bitter coffee, and he told her to stop making it and promised to teach her something else.
• Jiang Yao arranged for researchers to deliver the ingredients to Cloudford and promised Himeko a portion of his dish.
• Jiang Yao landed on the Luofu and saw Phantylia attacking the security department staff carrying his ingredients.
• Jiang Yao unleashed his aura in rage, freezing Phantylia with terror after she had struck the ingredients.

After Phantylia fled toward the Ambrosial Arbor, Jiang Yao gave Jingliu his prized Entwined Fate and prepared the injured ingredients for cooking. He gently massaged the Bell-Ringing Turtle before knocking it unconscious, while Phantylia remained determined to obtain a Noble Body and escape.

• Phantylia fled toward the Ambrosial Arbor after Jiang Yao frightened her, deciding to make a Noble Body and run away.
• Jiang Yao gave Jingliu his only Entwined Fate as thanks for helping protect his ingredients, and she accepted it despite her reservations.
• Jiang Yao inspected the damaged Blazing Tree, Prickly Rose Mushroom, and Bell-Ringing Turtle before preparing them.
• Jiang Yao massaged the badly injured Bell-Ringing Turtle to keep its meat tender, and the creature grew drowsy and believed he meant to raise it.
• Jiang Yao struck the Bell-Ringing Turtle unconscious, deciding it could not be kept alive.

After Phantylia destroyed his ingredients, Jiang Yao tracked her toward the Abyssal Reach and gained a major increase in Path Power. Meanwhile, the Entwined Fate destabilized Jingliu’s mara-struck condition, so Jiang Yao knocked her unconscious before she could attack him.

• Jiang Yao sent the frightened Defense Department staffers back to the Express and decided to pursue Phantylia for destroying his ingredients.
• Jiang Yao used his unique scent-tracking ability to locate Phantylia heading toward the Abyssal Reach.
• Jiang Yao’s Path Power rose to the five-point milestone after he watched Phantylia.
• Jingliu’s mara-struck condition surged after the Entwined Fate brought her happiness and disrupted the balance she had maintained.
• Jiang Yao appeared behind Jingliu and knocked her unconscious with a knife-hand strike.

Jiang Yao knocked Jingliu unconscious and hurried to confront Phantylia at Scalegorge Waterscape, while Jing Yuan and the Astral Express fought the Luofu crisis. Jing Yuan revealed that Jiang Yao’s food could alleviate mara-struck, then led the others to Scalegorge Waterscape, where they reunited with Dan Heng and feared Jiang Yao was in danger.

• Jiang Yao knocked Jingliu unconscious, set aside the ingredients, and decided to go after Phantylia at Scalegorge Waterscape.
• Jing Yuan found the Luofu’s commissions and Fyxestroll Garden overrun, then saw a powerful streak of light flee toward Scalegorge Waterscape.
• Jing Yuan appointed Fu Xuan acting general and told her to protect Jiang Yao because his food could alleviate the mara-struck condition.
• Jing Yuan asked Welt, March 7th, and Stelle to help the Luofu, and they agreed to join him at Scalegorge Waterscape.
• Jing Yuan and the Astral Express Crew reunited with Dan Heng, whom Jing Yuan had arrested, and Stelle urged Jing Yuan to send someone to find Jiang Yao.

Fu Xuan and Jing Yuan learned that the Destruction Legion had infiltrated the Luofu, while the Cloud Knights found themselves surprisingly able to defeat their enemies. Dan Heng awakened the High Elder’s power and revealed the Abyssal Reach, where the Ambrosial Arbor had been imprisoned.

• Jing Yuan sent someone to check on Jiang Yao and offered to revoke Dan Heng’s exile if he helped resolve the crisis.
• Fu Xuan learned that the Destruction Legion was involved, sent a scout to warn Jing Yuan, and ordered Qingque to find Jiang Yao and Tingyun.
• Cloud Knights whose mara-struck symptoms had eased charged into battle and found their opponents unexpectedly weak.
• After receiving Fu Xuan’s warning, Jing Yuan concluded that Phantylia was behind the Luofu’s turmoil and suspected she had another plan.
• Dan Heng summoned the High Elder’s power, tore apart Heartsea’s shoulders, and revealed the Abyssal Reach and its underwater Dragon Palace.

Jing Yuan and the Astral Express crew reached the depths of the Mystic Root, where Phantylia completed her Noble Body using the revived Ambrosial Arbor. As Phantylia sent golden lotus thrones against them, she prepared to flee, while Jiang Yao watched from the shadows.

• Jing Yuan thanked the Astral Express crew and led them through the rites that opened the path into the Mystic Root.
• Jing Yuan and the others found Phantylia preparing to refine a Noble Body from the Ambrosial Arbor, and she taunted them as they arrived.
• March 7th confronted Phantylia over the trouble she had caused, while Jing Yuan warned the group to be cautious and asked Dan Heng to watch his back.
• Phantylia completed her Noble Body, boasted about its power, and summoned golden lotus thrones to attack Jing Yuan, Dan Heng, Welt, March 7th, and Stelle.
• Jiang Yao watched Phantylia from the shadows as she prepared to flee the Luofu.

Phantylia fled the Luofu with the Ambrosial Arbor, leaving Jing Yuan baffled and unable to stop her. She believed she had escaped, unaware that Jiang Yao had swallowed her and was waiting for her to refine the Arbor inside his stomach.

• Phantylia fled skyward with the Ambrosial Arbor, and Jing Yuan led March 7th, Dan Heng, and Welt in pursuit.
• Phantylia scattered black lotus platforms to hinder her pursuers and threaten the Luofu, while Jing Yuan activated the Matrix of Prescience and summoned the Thunder-Clapping, Lightning-Flashing, Demon-Subduing, Evil-Eradicating Heavenly Lord of the Divine Firmament's Thunder Palace.
• Phantylia used an enormous palm-leaf fan to escape the Heavenly Lord's attack and continued fleeing through the cosmos.
• Jing Yuan accepted that Phantylia had escaped and turned his attention to the remaining enemies on the Luofu.
• Phantylia stopped in a desolate place and began refining the Ambrosial Arbor, believing she was safe.
• Jiang Yao revealed that Phantylia was inside his stomach and planned to wait until she had refined the Arbor further before surprising her.

Jiang Yao subdued Jingliu, introduced himself as a cook and a Nameless, then pursued Phantylia inside his stomach. Phantylia tried to escape but Jiang Yao trapped her with the Unreachable Shore.

• Jingliu formed an ice sword against Jiang Yao, but he shattered it and patted her head.
• Jiang Yao introduced himself as a gourmet and cook who had joined the Astral Express, and said he had come to the Xianzhou for ingredients.
• Jiang Yao vanished, warned Jingliu not to turn around, and made her collapse again.
• Phantylia realized the Ambrosial Arbor was difficult to refine and that the strange Cosmos around her signaled danger.
• Phantylia spotted Jiang Yao and fled, but he used the Unreachable Shore to stop her escape.

Jiang Yao took the terrified Phantylia to Cloudford and threatened to turn her into a meal, but let her bargain for her life by offering to supply him with ingredients. Phantylia accepted his demand to serve as a flame, ending the chapter burning at Jiang Yao’s command.

• Phantylia confronted Jiang Yao, who said he was furious because she had tried to destroy his ingredients.
• Jiang Yao carried Phantylia to Cloudford, where she feared he was the ancient beast and Aeon Voracity.
• Jiang Yao rejected the title Devouring Calamity Ancestor and proclaimed himself a righteous Pathstrider of the Feast founding the Starry Sky Universe Gourmet Club.
• Jiang Yao threatened to cook Phantylia, and she begged him to spare her and offered to bring him more ingredients.
• Jiang Yao gave Phantylia a chance to survive by ordering her to fire up, and she reluctantly began burning.

Jiang Yao forced Phantylia to help him prepare Buddha Jumps Over the Wall using the Bell-Ringing Turtle and other ingredients. As Phantylia carefully controlled the heat, Jiang Yao began cooking and left the turtle’s innards to stew in the repaired bell.

• Phantylia admitted she could not melt Nanook’s gooey filling, but promised to burn herself out trying to help Jiang Yao.
• Jiang Yao told Phantylia to summon Nanook so he could demand compensation for the damaged ingredient, and Phantylia resolved to help get Nanook killed to protect herself.
• Jiang Yao took out the Bell-Ringing Turtle and repaired its damaged bell with Blazing Tree bark and Prickly Rose Mushroom tendons.
• Jiang Yao ordered Phantylia to regulate the heat with precision while he prepared the ingredients.
• Jiang Yao used Jingliu’s icy power to make cleaning water, cleaned and cut up the turtle’s innards, and put them in the bell to stew.

Jiang Yao prepared the Bell-Ringing Turtle with Blazing Tree bark and flower crown, then used Phantylia’s heat to cook the Prickly Rose Mushroom. He left Phantylia wondering what else he might make her do as he asked her to show him a fancy trick.

• Jiang Yao carefully cut the Blazing Tree flower crown, set aside premium bark for himself, and divided the rest for the dish.
• Jiang Yao placed whole pieces of bark inside the Bell-Ringing Turtle and massaged the turtle with bark powder.
• Jiang Yao added the Blazing Tree flower crown to the Bell-Ringing Turtle and swallowed the remaining Blazing Tree.
• Jiang Yao ordered Phantylia to precisely heat different parts of the Prickly Rose Mushroom, and Phantylia struggled to obey.
• Jiang Yao asked Phantylia whether she had any fancy tricks, and Phantylia replied, “What would you like to see?”

Jiang Yao discovered that Phantylia could use her Destruction powers to improve ingredients and strengthen their effects, then ordered her to finish his Buddha Jumps Over the Wall and infiltrate a Borisin Beast Ship. The chapter left him preparing roasted Prickly Rose Mushrooms for the dish while planning to capture Wolf Head and secure a supply of Borisin wolf pups.

• Jiang Yao forced Phantylia to cooperate and tested whether her abilities could improve his cooking.
• Phantylia used her power of Destruction to transform unpleasant flavors and make the ingredients' effects stronger.
• Jiang Yao told Phantylia to finish the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, then take the form of a Long-Life Envoy and lead the Borisin to Wolf Head.
• Jiang Yao considered keeping the Borisin wolf pups as a steady food supply, while Phantylia resigned herself to helping him.
• Jiang Yao guided Phantylia in roasting Prickly Rose Mushrooms and planned to soak them in Bell-Ringing Turtle fat and broth.

Jingliu woke aboard the Xianzhou after Jiang Yao knocked her unconscious and used her ice power as water for his cooking. As he finished preparing Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, Jingliu questioned his identity and wondered whether he could be more than a gourmet.

• Jingliu woke to find Jiang Yao cooking and realized she remembered what had happened before she passed out.
• Jingliu considered her failed plan to kill Yaoshi and recognized that Jiang Yao was far too powerful to fight.
• Jiang Yao said he had knocked Jingliu unconscious to keep her from seeing his secrets, then explained that he had borrowed her ice power for water.
• Jiang Yao offered Jingliu a bowl of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall in return for using her power, and she marveled at his strength and cooking.
• Jingliu wondered whether Jiang Yao could be something more than a gourmet.

Jiang Yao insisted to Jingliu that he was a righteous Aeon and the Pathstrider of the Feast, then swallowed her to prove his power. Jingliu accepted his identity, while Jing Yuan prepared for the threat posed by Phantylia and the revived Ambrosial Arbor.

• Jingliu dismissed the idea that Jiang Yao was the Devouring Calamity Ancestor, while Phantylia silently recognized how wrong she had been about him.
• Jiang Yao declared that he was a righteous Aeon, the Pathstrider of the Feast, and the founder of the Starry Sky Universe Gourmet Club.
• Jingliu questioned Jiang Yao's claim, so he swallowed her whole and left Phantylia terrified.
• Jiang Yao released Jingliu, and she admitted that she believed he was an Aeon and felt powerless before him.
• At the Seat of Divine Foresight, Jing Yuan issued orders and accepted responsibility for Phantylia escaping with the Ambrosial Arbor, while anticipating that the crisis had only begun.

Jing Yuan learned that Phantylia had impersonated Tingyun and might have taken Jiang Yao, prompting the Luofu and Astral Express to rush to Cloudford. Himeko then received word that Jiang Yao might be dead.

• Fu Xuan told Jing Yuan that Jiang Yao might be gone, and revealed that Phantylia had disguised herself as Tingyun.
• Fu Xuan explained that Phantylia had frightened off the guards sent to protect Jiang Yao and then vanished.
• Jing Yuan blamed himself, contacted the Astral Express, and set out with Fu Xuan for Cloudford.
• Himeko learned that Jiang Yao had saved the Herta Space Station Security Department personnel from a beautiful Foxian attacker.
• Welt called Himeko and said he had failed in his duty and that Jiang Yao might be dead.

After hearing that Phantylia had attacked Jiang Yao, Himeko realized he was alive and cooking at Cloudford, but her call disconnected before she could correct the others. The Astral Express crew and Luofu leaders rushed to Cloudford believing Jiang Yao had died, while Jingliu enjoyed his food.

• Welt told Himeko that Phantylia had attacked Jiang Yao, and Himeko realized the account conflicted with reports that Jiang Yao had saved the Security Department staff.
• Himeko spotted Jiang Yao cooking at Cloudford with a white-haired woman, but the Interstellar Phone fell and switched off before she could explain.
• Welt, Stelle, March 7th, and Dan Heng headed to Cloudford to recover Jiang Yao's remains, believing he was dead.
• Jing Yuan and Fu Xuan raced to Cloudford to pay their respects, while Jing Yuan told Yukong to gather snacks Jiang Yao had handled.
• Yukong grieved over Jiang Yao and Tingyun as Jingliu accepted Jiang Yao's identity as the Voracity Aeon and ate his food.

Jiang Yao finished cooking Buddha Jumps Over the Wall with Phantylia’s flames and offered Jingliu a prized piece. Though she feared he had drugged the dish, he forced her to eat it.

• Jingliu wondered whether Jiang Yao’s cooking and her body’s intense craving for it concealed some danger.
• Jiang Yao used Phantylia’s flames and careful technique to reduce the broth and deepen the flavors of the Bell-Ringing Turtle meat.
• Jiang Yao checked the meat with his tongue, alarming Jingliu, who suspected he was contaminating the dish.
• Jiang Yao offered Jingliu a piece from the choicest part, but she repeatedly asked if she could refuse.
• Jiang Yao insisted, and Jingliu finally agreed as he began feeding her.

Jingliu savored Jiang Yao’s Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, which eased her mara-struck condition and increased her strength while advancing Jiang Yao’s Path Power. Meanwhile, Himeko left the train to find food, and several others rushed toward Cloudford believing Jiang Yao had been killed.

• Jiang Yao fed Jingliu Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, and its rich flavor quickly overcame her resistance.
• Jingliu felt the dish calm her chaotic mind, ease her mara-struck torment, and gradually strengthen her.
• Jiang Yao realized the dish had surpassed his expectations and considered how to divide the leftovers, including giving some to Asta.
• Himeko stopped calling the others, decided Jiang Yao was fine, and left the train to get more food despite the Conductor’s pleas.
• Welt, Dan Heng, March 7th, and Stelle hurried toward Cloudford, believing Jiang Yao was dead after missing Himeko’s calls.
• Jing Yuan and Fu Xuan approached Cloudford with grim expressions and had lost their composure.